Principal IT/AV Consultant

Our dedicated IT Consultancy plays a key role in digitally enabling the built environment to provide a technologically enhanced environment commensurate with our clients’ needs. We pride ourselves on being a market leader in our field, working globally with high profile clients in fintech, HQ offices, smart campuses, and smart buildings. Our reputation has led to us advising on global technology benchmarking and technological certification of buildings.

We work across a range of market sectors including workspace and residential, mission critical and academia, work that has seen us feed into the new technical approach for UK schools and assessing smart systems for the technical evolution of Muscat in Oman.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced IT Consultant with the ability to engage and interact with stakeholders at different levels, joining us to play a leading role in ensuring the successful delivery of innovative design solutions, whilst providing technical and team leadership.

You will collaborate within the wider Cundall team and external partners, working closely with colleagues of various disciplines to help manage the delivery of technically excellent and successful projects. The role will include managing engineers to deliver designs, technical reviews, stakeholder engagement, and monitoring fee and programme for projects. You will be involved in QA processes, establishing deliverables, mentoring and work winning activities. Using your expertise and determination you can manage, motivate, and inspire less experienced engineers. You will also support, and be supported by, senior management staff within the team, embracing the collaborative and supportive behaviours Cundall exhibit.

Note: Whilst the preferred location is our London office, we will also consider applications for candidates to be located in the following Cundall office locations: Birmingham, Manchester or Newcastle.

The Skills

• Working towards, or already be, a Chartered Engineer, educated to degree level in Electronics Engineering or Computer Sciences (MEng, BEng or BSc).
• Significant experience in an IT consultancy and/or engineering role within the IT design field.
• Experience in the IT field including an understanding of the principles of IT design and delivery.
• Proven ability in producing schematic diagrams, preparing specifications and project reports, carrying out site inspections and surveys, detail design development as well as lead project meetings.
• Knowledge of WiredScore or other technical benchmarking for buildings is a positive.

Essential Traits For The Successful Candidate Include

• Ability to take ownership for tasks and deliverables.
• Capacity to think around problems and help guide the team and client towards solutions.
• Experience of working with a wider team across the RIBA Stages including architects, MEP and installation teams.
• Organised and confident communicator with excellent client facing skills.
• Member of IET, BCS, BICSI RCDD or similar.

We have a wealth of diverse clients and projects across multiple market sectors, from data centres to residential, smart cities to net zero schools. Our reputation and sustainable approach draw in high profile and diverse clients, with different technical challenges and opportunities. We place a great value on providing a fun and accepting workplace, attracting unique and talented minds and personalities. The mixed workplace provides an exciting environment for people to flourish and work with signature clients.

We know that to be the best at what we do we need a diverse workforce underpinned by an inclusive culture. Creating environments where everyone can find joy doing their best work is also great for everyone. That’s why we positively welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and identities, and encourage, support, and celebrate the diverse voices of our people.